About our Workshops:

We offer professionally instructed, beautifully curated workshops to promote learning, creativity, and community building. Our instructors all work professionally in their field of expertise and draw from their own knowledge, training, and personal practice to develop high-quality workshops specifically for our community. 

About our Instructors: 

Drawing Room instructors teach workshops and intensives across multiple creative mediums. They play a central role in shaping our learning environment through teaching, community-building, and collaborative involvement in program quality. Instructors are responsible for delivering consistent, high-quality experiences while also supporting Drawing Room culture and contributing to ongoing improvements in programming.

This role combines teaching, light operations, community engagement, and participation in a structured cadence of internal meetings and communication.

About the role:

We are looking for a skilled textile artist/surface designer with a desire to share their love of pattern, color, and texture! This instructor will be brought on board to collaborate with our current instructor team as we grow and build out our current textile offerings. We are also looking for someone who has a true passion for exploring the ways in which textile can function as a method of connection, community building, and storytelling. 

Required technical skills:

• Fabric block printing (priority)

• Pattern design 

• Hand Knitting and/or Crochet

• Weaving and/ or Needle-felting

• A background in textile art history/theory

Additional skills (a plus!):

• Screenprinting

• Embroidery

• Fabric painting

• Quilting/hand sewing/fabric collage

• Drawing

• Painting

• Printmaking

• Bookmaking

• Papermaking

You will make a great candidate if:

• You are a working artist with a portfolio of current and recent work that demonstrates professionalism, strong technique, and a unique approach to your medium

• You have either a BFA (or equivalent arts degree) or professional-level training and work experience in your field 

• Your practice is primarily analog-focused, not digital

• You have strong technical training in a variety of textile techniques and have the ability to break down concepts and approaches for complete beginners.

• You have a multidisciplinary practice and can bring additional skills to the table.

Additional requirements:

• A strong passion for community building and a willingness/interest to engage with all facets of Drawing Room’s community, in person and online 

• A love of collaboration and a desire to be a part of a team of creative people who are working together to grow Drawing Room

• A genuine sense of joy for sharing what you love with others

• Kind, encouraging, empathetic

• Ability to build friendly relationships with students and act as a creative mentor during Cohort and Intensive programs

• An excitement for developing programming inspired by your own unique approach to art-making. At Drawing Room, we are at our best when we teach what we love and encourage instructors to develop their ideas based on what excites them!

• Openness to critique, suggestions, and a willingness to evolve. Drawing Room is a young company that is constantly growing. We are looking for someone open to a mentality of “let’s try it and we’ll change it if we need to until we get it right for our community”

• Very comfortable with public speaking, socializing, and able to lead a room as both an instructor and a social host

• A roll-up-your-sleeves DIY attitude. Instructors will be expected to set and clean-up the space, supplies, and sometimes furniture before and after workshops. Ability to do minimal furniture lifting/rearranging.

• A good sense of humor

• Ability to cater teaching exercises to a variety of different levels from complete beginner to intermediate

• A sensitivity to the varying needs of a class and the ability to think quickly on your feet and improvise if needed

• Eye for detail and an appreciation and care for “the little things” that make a workshop experience special (examples: table settings, signage, handmade class materials, space layout)

Compensation & role details:

• This opening is for a part-time, hourly W2 position.

• Instructing rate: Teaching hours are compensated at a rate of $46/hr, and associated setup/takedown time at $31/hr.

• Community Impact Hours: All instructors must commit additional time (a base of 13 hours) per month for instructor Community Impact hours (at $31/hr) which include administrative tasks, team meetings, and in-person work days.

• Additional development projects are available on an as-needed basis for pitching new workshops and creating new programming (one-offs and long-term series).

• Timing:

  • This role is set to begin training in February or March 2026. Teaching opportunities will begin to open up incrementally beginning in our Spring season which begins in April. 

  • Workshop sessions take place primarily on weeknights starting 6:30/7pm and on weekends.

  • In the future, this position is set to teach up to 6 workshops a month across two locations. Teaching opportunities will increase gradually, allowing time to ramp up alongside existing commitments.

Please note that in our application process we will also prioritize artists who are comfortable committing to teaching at Drawing Room exclusively and interested in developing unique Drawing Room-specific workshops. We have an amazing tight-knit team of instructors who work collaboratively to build our programming together. While you will be developing and teaching your own workshops, we are looking for applicants interested in being part of a team. We are also looking for applicants who are invested in being active members in our larger community.